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Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 2

Severe flooding has submerged towns and displaced hundreds of thousands as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines. Rivers overflowed in Cebu and nearby islands, forcing residents onto rooftops while cars and containers were swept through the streets. Local officials said some evacuation centers were inundated, and many survivors of a recent earthquake had to be evacuated again. More than 380,000 people fled their homes across the Visayas, southern Luzon, and northern Mindanao. Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, made landfall late Monday, November 3 with winds of up to 130 kph before moving toward the South China Sea on Tuesday, November 4.

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China: Tourists and Locals Rescue Yaks from Mud Pit in Qinghai

In Qinghai, China, tourists and locals joined forces with an excavator operator to rescue four yaks stuck in deep mud on September 30, 2025. After spotting the trapped animals, the tourists alerted a herdsman and enlisted help from a nearby construction site. Working for nearly an hour, they freed all four yaks safely. The herdsman said the rescue prevented losses of over RMB 40,000.

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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China: Typhoon Wutip Darkens Hainan Skies Ahead of Landfall in Hainan

This is the terrifying moment a massive wall of dark clouds engulfed the skies over Hainan as Typhoon Wutip approached southern China. On June 11, 2025, in Hainan, China, video captured thick, menacing clouds rolling in ahead of Typhoon Wutip's landfall. The sky turned eerily dark as the season’s first typhoon neared, creating a heavy, ominous atmosphere. The storm made landfall around 11 p.m. on June 13 along the coast of Dongfang, a city in Hainan, with winds reaching up to 30 meters per second and a central pressure of 980 hPa. Heavy rain swept through southern parts of the island, with some areas experiencing torrential downpours and localized extreme rainfall. According to China National Radio, by June 15, Typhoon Wutip had weakened into a tropical depression after moving inland into Jiangxi Province, and continued to lose strength. The video ends with the storm clouds blanketing the landscape as residents brace for the typhoon’s impact.

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 4

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city Otaru, Hokkaido.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Self-driving bus begins commercial service in Ehime Pref.

MATSUYAMA, Japan, Dec. 25 Kyodo - A self-driving bus begins operating on a public road in Matsuyama in the western Japan prefecture of Ehime on Dec. 25, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 3

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 2

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season 3

Water levels in the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25 and affecting infrastructure. Small vehicles were stranded on flooded roads, and local shops and stalls were forced to close.

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US: Beryl Causes Widespread Power Outages And Flooding, Leaves Multiple Dead In Texas 4

Beryl has weakened into a tropical storm after making landfall as a category 1 hurricane near Matagorda in Texas, on Monday, July 8, shortly before 4 a.m. local time. The hurricane caused power outages and life-threatening flooding and left multiple dead in Houston and the surrounding areas.

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US: Days-Long Winter Storm Dumps Heavy Snow On Sierra Nevada, Closing Roads, Schools

A days-long winter storm dumped heavy snow on the Sierra Nevada, closing major highways, ski resorts, and schools in parts of California. More than 10 feet of snow and hurricane-force wind gusts of 170 mph-plus were reported.

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the Sierra, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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Drone quadcopter tested for use in bridge maintenance

HACHIOJI, Japan - A camera drone with four propellers, developed by a Tohoku University research team, is tested for the maintenance of infrastructure by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on Nov. 17, 2014, at a river bank in Hachioji, Tokyo, as it flies to check the condition of a bridge.

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Tohoku region eyes smartphone app to boost tourism

SENDAI, Japan - The first meeting by entities concerned toward developing "Guide Tohoku," a smartphone application that will provide tourist information on the Tohoku region and archives on the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, is held in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2014. Six northeastern Japan prefectures and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Tohoku Regional Bureau announced the plan the same day.

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JR Tokai seeks go-ahead for maglev train line project

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Uno (L), an executive officer at Central Japan Railway Co. known as JR Tokai, presents an application to an official in charge at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014, for approval of a plan to launch work on a 290-km magnetically levitated train line between the Japanese capital and Nagoya for completion in 2027.

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Vertical telescopic breakwater under development

OSAKA, Japan - The vertical telescopic breakwater, a buoyancy-driven vertical piling breakwater system under development in defense against tsunami, is seen in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, in March 2013. It was learned on June 19, 2014, that the breakwater, expected to be implemented as the world's first such system by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Kinki Regional Development Bureau, may not function properly due to a lack of strength.

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JR Hokkaido finds 170 more unrepaired rail defects

SAPPORO, Japan - Officials of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism arrive at the head office of Hokkaido Railway Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Sept. 25, 2013, for inspections. JR Hokkaido said the same day it has found 170 more unrepaired rail defects, bringing to 267 the total uncovered so far in its investigation into the previous week's cargo train derailment.

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ANA unit urged to devise steps following belly-up incident

TOKYO, Japan - Futoshi Osada (far L), director general of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Civil Aviation Bureau, gives a written directive to Koichi Uchizono (2nd from L), president of Air Nippon Co., a unit of All Nippon Airways Co., at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2011. The ministry ordered the company to take steps to prevent a recurrence of an in-flight operational error that caused one of its aircraft to briefly fly almost belly up when traveling from Okinawa to Tokyo in September.

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PM Kan meets next IMO chief Sekimizu

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Koji Sekimizu, incoming chief of the International Maritime Organization, shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 20, 2011. Sekimizu vowed to tackle piracy in the Indian Ocean during a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism the same day.

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Japan, U.S. ink 'open skies' accord

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese transport minister Sumio Mabuchi (R) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos shake hands after signing the ''open skies'' accord on Oct. 25, 2010 at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Tokyo. The accord, to take effect in mid-November, is aimed at fully liberalizing civil aviation markets of the two countries.

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Japan, U.S. ink 'open skies' accord

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese transport minister Sumio Mabuchi (R) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos sign the ''open skies'' accord on Oct. 25, 2010 at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Tokyo. The accord, to take effect in mid-November, is aimed at fully liberalizing civil aviation markets of the two countries.

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Ministry tells Skymark Airlines to improve work practices

TOKYO, Japan - A senior official from the Ministry of Land, Transport, Infrastructure and Tourism hands Skymark Airlines President Shinichi Nishikubo (C) documents instructing the company to improve work practices on April 6, 2010, at the transport ministry in Tokyo. The ministry found problems during a recent inspection including pilots' noncompliance with the rule that they must wear an oxygen mask in flight.

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Toyota files for recall in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s managing officer Hiroyuki Yokoyama (R), bows after submitting a formal recall notice to Ryuji Masuno (L), director-general of the Road Transport Bureau of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, at the ministry in Tokyo, on Feb. 9, 2010. Toyota recalled more than 223,000 vehicles in four hybrid models in Japan to repair brake problems.

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ANA calls for 'fair' competition on JAL turnaround

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichiro Ito speaks to reporters at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on Jan. 20, 2010. Ito said he called for a ''fair'' environment for competition referring to a state-supervised rehabilitation of Japan Airlines Corp.

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JAL to seek revival under state direction

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on Oct. 29, 2009. JAL said the same day that it will seek to turn itself around under state direction.

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JAL to seek revival under state direction

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Seiji Maehara (R) receives a report on a plan to reconstruct Japan Airlines Corp. from Shinjiro Takagi who heads a governmental task force on the struggling airline's revival at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on Oct. 29, 2009. JAL said the same day that it will seek to turn itself around under state direction.

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JAL to seek revival under state direction

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on Oct. 29, 2009. JAL said the same day that it will seek to turn itself around under state direction.

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Senior land ministry official nabbed for suspected bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Mamoru Shinagawa, 58, head of the Hokkaido Bureau of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry. Shinaga is suspected of playing a leading role in collusion to award a contract for the public works project to a specific contractor between 2005 and 2007, prosecutors said.

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Liquefaction test carried out by simulating earthquake

SAPPORO, Japan - Engineers from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Port and Airport Research Institute created a state of liquefaction (photo) by simulating an earthquake at an experimental airfield in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Oct. 27. The earthquake was simulated by sequential blasts over two minutes of 1.8 tons of explosives buried in 580 locations, according to engineers who took part in the project. The experiment showed that there were no signs of liquefaction in areas injected with water-solidifying chemicals, they said.

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U.S. agrees to return part of airspace near Haneda airport to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the civil aviation subcommittee of the Japan-U.S. Joint Committee hold a meeting at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Oct. 27. The United States agreed to return to Japan around 40 percent of the airspace adjacent to Tokyo's Haneda airport that has been under the control of the U.S. Air Force's Yokota base in suburban Tokyo.

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Toyota submits measures to improve recall operations

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (L), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., presents a report on measures to improve its management of vehicle defects to Takuji Iwasaki, director general of the Road Transport Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, on Aug. 3.

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Gov't tells Toyota to improve management of defects

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto, vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks to reporters at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on July 21 after receiving a written instruction urging Toyota to improve its management of vehicle defects from the ministry.

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Gov't tells Toyota to improve management of defects

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (L), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., receives a written instruction from Sadaji Iwasaki, director general of the Road Transport Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, in Tokyo on July 21 urging Toyota to improve its management of vehicle defects.

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Toyota offers apology over vehicle defect

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto, vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on July 20 after submitting a report on the defect in Toyota Hilux Surf sport utility vehicles to the ministry.

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Gov't interviews condo developers over data falsification scam

TOKYO, Japan - Susumu Kojima (L), president of Huser Ltd., sits in a branch office of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Nov. 25 in Tokyo for questioning by ministry officials over condominiums built with false quake-resistance data. The interview was conducted after an architect acknowledged that he falsified structural data for at least 21 buildings in Tokyo, Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures.

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Gov't inspects authorized checker in building data scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport enter a building of eHomes Inc. in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 24 to conduct on-site inspections. eHomes was entrusted by the government with checking building plans submitted by an architect who has admitted to falsifying quake-resistance data.

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Ex-Narita airport activists pay off compensation with donations

TOKYO, Japan - One of 16 former activists hand 104 million yen in cash to officials at the Civil Aviation Bureau of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry on Nov. 11 in compensation for their 1978 barricading of Narita airport's control tower. The activists had owed the money to the state and the operator of the airport for their occupation of the tower, which was an attempt to block the opening of the airport in Chiba Prefecture constructed after controversial land seizures from local farmers. They said they had received donations from former comrades and sympathizers.

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4 ex-M'bishi Fuso directors return 100 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Wilfried Porth, president of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., speaks to reporters about the successive coverups of vehicle defects at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on June 23.

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JAL reports preventive measures for mishaps to ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Shinmachi, chief executive officer of Japan Airlines Corp., gives a press conference presenting a set of measures to prevent mishaps to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on April 14.

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(1)Mitsubishi Fuso suspends shipments of some large trucks

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Wilfried Porth speaks at a press conference March 29 after he was questioned by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport about the company's delayed reports on the fires caused by defective parts.

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(2)Mitsubishi Fuso suspends shipments of some large trucks

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Wilfried Porth (L) bows in a gesture of apology at a press conference March 29 after he was questioned by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport over the company's delayed reports on the fires caused by defective parts. Forth said later the company has suspended shipments of large trucks of the same type as those that caught fire in December and January.

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Mitsubishi Motors finds 224 more cases of secret vehicle repairs

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Furukawa, vice chairman of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., speaks to reporters at the the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on Aug. 26 about the finding of an additional 224 cases in which the automaker conducted illegal secret repairs on vehicles in the past 25 years.

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MMC develops car based on DaimlerChrysler's fuel-cell system

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) has developed a fuel-cell vehicle (in photo) equipped with DaimlerChrysler AG's fuel-cell system. MMC said on Sept. 17 it asked the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport for permission to certify the vehicle. The certification would enable MMC to join what the government calls the ''Japan Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Demonstration Project'' and thus test the vehicle with hydrogen refueling infrastructure under actual driving conditions on public roads.

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(6)N. Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 arrives in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Officials of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport walk into the North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 at Niigata port for port state control checkups on Sept. 4.

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Japan names 8 senior vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows eight new senior vice ministers whom the Japanese government replaced on Jan. 8. From left to right on the top are Akihiko Kumashiro of the Cabinet Office, Genichiro Sata and Kaneshige Wakamatsu of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, and Takayoshi Taniguchi of the Finance Ministry. From left to right on the bottom are Kazuaki Miyaji and Yasu Kano of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Shigeaki Tsukihara of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and Eiichi Yamashita of the Ministry of Environment.

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Ministry warns air traffic controllers over near-miss

TOKYO, Japan - Air traffic controllers work at the Tokyo Air Traffic Control Center in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Feb. 1. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport issued an order to air traffic controllers across Japan to pay the closest attention to secure air safety following the Jan. 31 near-miss involving two Japan Airlines (JAL) airplanes flying over western Japan. The incident left 42 passengers and crew injured, some seriously.